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The benefits of working at Harding Retail

Harding Retail presents an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic, fast-paced environment whilst traveling the world.

As leaders in the industry we ensure you are offered training prior to embarking on your first ship, as well as on-going specialist training on board to enable you to continue to develop and build a career with Harding Retail.

Colleagues enjoy the benefits of a competitive salary with the opportunity to earn target based commission and a clear, structured path for career progression into specialist positions and management roles.

The role includes accommodation, meals and uniform for all ship board colleagues and a generous discount scheme.

Watch our video below to gain an insight into our recruitment and training process and life onboard working with Harding Retail.

The Roles

Providing outstanding service in our shops is every bit as critical to the success of Harding Retail as selling great products.

We maintain high service standards by engaging creative, energetic and passionate people, providing on-going training and development and offering opportunities for career progression. Regardless of your role, you could be making a real difference – both to our business and your own success whilst developing as a talented, friendly and hardworking member of the Harding team.

All colleagues are required to be aged 21 or over, physically fit, of smart appearance and able to speak fluent English.

Sales Assistant

Sales Assistants play a big part in ensuring our shops meet sales targets, not least by providing our customers with an outstanding level of customer service – which means identifying their needs and responding to them quickly.

This role involves:

Putting the customer first, providing great customer service.

Lots of initiative and a helpful, flexible approach.

Working on tills accurately and efficiently, to provide a positive customer service experience.

Maintaining the visual merchandising standards of the store.

Making the shop space your own and taking pride in your working environment.

A retail background in Harding Retail’s core product categories is preferred but not essential.

Jewellery Sales Specialist

Harding Retail offers Jewellery Professionals a unique career at sea. As a Jewellery Sales Specialist you must possess excellent customer services skills and a passion for selling high value luxury products. Brands include H Stern, Chopard and Roberto Coin.

This role involves:

An intensive training course at our Central Support Office.

Using initiative when presenting and selling merchandise to close sales.

Fragrance/Cosmetic Consultant

As a Fragrance/ Cosmetic Consultant you will need strong communication skills and a passion for your work as you will be selling a wide variety of brands of fragrance, cosmetics and skincare for both women and men from Clinique to La Prairie. Customer communication skills, together with a high standard of personal grooming are imperative as well as retail experience within a fragrance house or cosmetics company.

This role involves:

Taking part in all promotional events from in store makeovers and skin consultations to fragrance seminars held in the theatre.

Taking initiative when presenting and selling merchandise.

Supporting the visual merchandising standards of the store.

Developing strong product knowledge.

Management Team

Similar to high street retailers, managers oversee the sales merchandise, operations and personnel within the shops.

This can mean managing shops of different sizes – from a small single shop, to a larger 8500 sq. foot shop with a team of 30+ colleagues.

This role involves:

Displaying all merchandise based on presentation guidelines and implement visual directives.

Overall responsibility for stock inventory and intake of new deliveries.

Training, counselling and motivating a team to provide exceptional customer service.

Planning and marketing promotional events, inventories and all administrative functions.

Problem solving, decision-making and building relationships.

To apply for this role you must have previous experience of working at sea in a retail management position.

It’s not just managers we seek for, but Trainee managers as well – people who are confident in leading a team and with the potential to move into management (Retail supervisory experience is required).

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